<!DOCTYPE html>
  
  
  
  
   <html class="no-js"> 

  <head lang="en-us">
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,user-scalable=no,initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=10" />
    <title>Contributing - Laradock</title>
    <meta name="generator" content="Hugo 0.18.1" />

    
    <meta name="description" content="Laradock documentations.">
    
    <link rel="canonical" href="http://laradock.io/contributing/">
    
    <meta name="author" content="Mahmoud Zalt">
    

    <meta property="og:url" content="http://laradock.io/contributing/">
    <meta property="og:title" content="Laradock">
    
    <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-title" content="Laradock">
    <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
    <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="black-translucent">

    <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="http://laradock.io/images/favicon.ico">
    <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="http://laradock.io/images/favicon.ico">

    <style>
      @font-face {
        font-family: 'Icon';
        src: url('http://laradock.io/fonts/icon.eot');
        src: url('http://laradock.io/fonts/icon.eot')
               format('embedded-opentype'),
             url('http://laradock.io/fonts/icon.woff')
               format('woff'),
             url('http://laradock.io/fonts/icon.ttf')
               format('truetype'),
             url('http://laradock.io/fonts/icon.svg')
               format('svg');
        font-weight: normal;
        font-style: normal;
      }
    </style>

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://laradock.io/stylesheets/application.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://laradock.io/stylesheets/temporary.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://laradock.io/stylesheets/palettes.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://laradock.io/stylesheets/highlight/highlight.css">

    
    
    
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Doctarine:400,700|Source&#43;Code&#43;Pro">
    <style>
      body, input {
        font-family: 'Doctarine', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
      }
      pre, code {
        font-family: 'Source Code Pro', 'Courier New', 'Courier', monospace;
      }
    </style>

    
    <script src="http://laradock.io/javascripts/modernizr.js"></script>

    

  </head>
  <body class="palette-primary-deep-purple palette-accent-purple">




<div class="backdrop">
	<div class="backdrop-paper"></div>
</div>

<input class="toggle" type="checkbox" id="toggle-drawer">
<input class="toggle" type="checkbox" id="toggle-search">
<label class="toggle-button overlay" for="toggle-drawer"></label>

<header class="header">
	<nav aria-label="Header">
  <div class="bar default">
    <div class="button button-menu" role="button" aria-label="Menu">
      <label class="toggle-button icon icon-menu" for="toggle-drawer">
        <span></span>
      </label>
    </div>
    <div class="stretch">
      <div class="title">
          <b>Laradock</b> <span style="color: rgba(249, 245, 255, 0.63);"> / Contributing</span>
      </div>
    </div>

    

    
    <div class="button button-github" role="button" aria-label="GitHub">
        <a style="padding: 0px; font-size:40px" href="https://github.com/laradock/laradock" title="@laradock/laradock on GitHub" target="_blank" class="toggle-button icon icon-github"></a>
    </div>
      <p style="font-size: 18px; padding: 8px">Github</p>
    
    
        
  </div>
  <div class="bar search">
    <div class="button button-close" role="button" aria-label="Close">
      <label class="toggle-button icon icon-back" for="toggle-search"></label>
    </div>
    <div class="stretch">
      <div class="field">
        <input class="query" type="text" placeholder="Search" autocapitalize="off" autocorrect="off" autocomplete="off" spellcheck>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="button button-reset" role="button" aria-label="Search">
      <button class="toggle-button icon icon-close" id="reset-search"></button>
    </div>
  </div>
</nav>

</header>

<main class="main">
	<div class="drawer">
		<nav aria-label="Navigation">
  
    
      
      
        
        
      
    
  

  <div class="scrollable">
    <div class="wrapper">
      

      <div class="toc">
        
        <ul>
          




<li>
  
    



<a  title="Introduction" href="http://laradock.io/introduction/">
	
	Introduction
</a>



  
</li>



<li>
  
    



<a  title="Getting Started" href="http://laradock.io/getting-started/">
	
	Getting Started
</a>



  
</li>



<li>
  
    



<a  title="Documentation" href="http://laradock.io/documentation/">
	
	Documentation
</a>



  
</li>



<li>
  
    



<a  title="Related Projects" href="http://laradock.io/related-projects/">
	
	Related Projects
</a>



  
</li>



<li>
  
    



<a  title="Help &amp; Questions" href="http://laradock.io/help/">
	
	Help &amp; Questions
</a>



  
</li>



<li>
  
    



<a class="current" title="Contributing" href="http://laradock.io/contributing/">
	
	Contributing
</a>


<ul id="scrollspy">
</ul>


  
</li>



<li>
  
    



<a  title="License" href="http://laradock.io/license/">
	
	License
</a>



  
</li>


        </ul>
        

        
        
        
        
        <ul>
          

          
          
            
              
            
          
          

          
        </ul>
        
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</nav>

	</div>

	<article class="article">
		<div class="wrapper">
			<h1>Contributing </h1>

			

<p>Your contribution is more than welcome.</p>

<h2 id="i-have-a-question-problem">I have a Question/Problem</h2>

<p>If you have questions about how to use Laradock, please direct your questions to the discussion on <a href="https://gitter.im/Laradock/laradock">Gitter</a>. If you believe your question could help others, then consider opening an <a href="https://github.com/laradock/laradock/issues">Issue</a> (it will be labeled as <code>Question</code>) And you can still seek help on Gitter for it.</p>

<h2 id="i-found-an-issue">I found an Issue</h2>

<p>If have an issue or you found a typo in the documentation, you can help us by
opnening an <a href="https://github.com/laradock/laradock/issues">Issue</a>.</p>

<p><strong>Steps to do before opening an Issue:</strong></p>

<ol>
<li><p>Before you submit your issue search the archive, maybe your question was already answered couple hours ago (search in the closed Issues as well).</p></li>

<li><p>Decide if the Issue belongs to this project or to <a href="https://github.com/docker">Docker</a> itself! or even the tool you are using such as Nginx or MongoDB&hellip;</p></li>
</ol>

<p>If your issue appears to be a bug, and hasn&rsquo;t been reported, then open a new issue.</p>

<p><em>This Help us to maximize the effort we can spend fixing issues and adding new
features, by not reporting duplicate issues.</em></p>

<h2 id="i-want-a-feature">I want a Feature</h2>

<p>You can request a new feature by submitting an <a href="https://github.com/laradock/laradock/issues">Issue</a> (it will be labeled as <code>Feature Suggestion</code>). If you would like to implement a new feature then consider submitting a Pull Request yourself.</p>

<h2 id="i-want-to-update-the-documentation-site">I want to update the Documentation (Site)</h2>

<p>Laradock uses <a href="https://gohugo.io/">Hugo</a> as website generator tool, with the <a href="http://themes.gohugo.io/theme/material-docs/">Material Docs theme</a>. You might need to check their docs quickly.</p>

<ol>
<li>Install <a href="https://gohugo.io/">Hugo</a> on your machine (easy thing).</li>
<li>Open the <code>DOCUMENTATION/_settings/content</code> and search for the markdown file you want to edit (every folder represents a section in the menu).</li>
<li>Delete the <code>/docs</code> folder from the root.</li>
<li>When you finish editing, run the <code>hugo</code> command to generate the HTML docs (in the <code>/docs</code>).</li>
</ol>

<h3 id="to-host-the-website-locally">To Host the website locally</h3>

<p>Go to <code>DOCUMENTATION/_settings</code> in your terminal and run <code>hugo serve</code> to host the website locally.</p>

<h3 id="edit-the-sidebar">Edit the sidebar</h3>

<p>To add a new section to the sidebar or edit existing one, you need to edit this file <code>DOCUMENTATION/_settings/config.toml</code>.</p>

<h2 id="how-to-support-new-software-add-new-container">How to support new Software (Add new Container)</h2>

<ul>
<li><p>Create folder with the software name.</p></li>

<li><p>Add a <code>Dockerfile</code>, write your code there.</p></li>

<li><p>You may add additional files in the software folder.</p></li>

<li><p>Add the software to the <code>docker-compose.yml</code> file.</p></li>

<li><p>Make sure you follow our commenting style.</p></li>

<li><p>Add the software in the <code>Documentation</code>.</p></li>
</ul>

<h2 id="edit-existing-software-edit-a-container">Edit existing Software (Edit a Container)</h2>

<ul>
<li><p>Open the software (container) folder.</p></li>

<li><p>Edit the files you want to update.</p></li>

<li><p><strong>Note:</strong> If you want to edit the base image of the <code>Workspace</code> or the <code>php-fpm</code> Containers,
you need to edit their Docker-files from their GitHub repositories. For more info read their Dockerfiles comment on the Laradock repository.</p></li>

<li><p>Make sure to update the <code>Documentation</code> in case you made any changes.</p></li>
</ul>

<h2 id="pull-request">Pull Request</h2>

<h3 id="1-before-submitting-a-pull-request-pr">1. Before Submitting a Pull Request (PR)</h3>

<p>Always Test everything and make sure its working:</p>

<ul>
<li>Pull the latest updates (or fork of you don’t have permission)</li>
<li>Before editing anything:

<ul>
<li>Test building the container (docker-compose build &ndash;no-cache container-name) build with no cache first.</li>
<li>Test running the container with some other containers in real app and see of everything is working fine.</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Now edit the container (edit section by section and test rebuilding the container after every edited section)

<ul>
<li>Testing building the container (docker-compose build container-name) with no errors.</li>
<li>Test it in a real App if possible.</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<h3 id="2-submitting-a-pr">2. Submitting a PR</h3>

<p>Consider the following guidelines:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Search <a href="https://github.com/laradock/laradock/pulls">GitHub</a> for an open or closed Pull Request that relates to your submission. You don&rsquo;t want to duplicate efforts.</p></li>

<li><p>Make your changes in a new git branch:</p>

<pre><code class="language-shell"> git checkout -b my-fix-branch master
</code></pre></li>

<li><p>Commit your changes using a descriptive commit message.</p></li>

<li><p>Push your branch to GitHub:</p>

<pre><code class="language-shell">git push origin my-fix-branch
</code></pre></li>

<li><p>In GitHub, send a pull request to <code>laradock:master</code>.</p></li>

<li><p>If we suggest changes then:</p>

<ul>
<li>Make the required updates.</li>
<li>Commit your changes to your branch (e.g. <code>my-fix-branch</code>).</li>
<li>Push the changes to your GitHub repository (this will update your Pull Request).</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<blockquote>
<p>If the PR gets too outdated we may ask you to rebase and force push to update the PR:</p>
</blockquote>

<pre><code class="language-shell">git rebase master -i
git push origin my-fix-branch -f
</code></pre>

<p><em>WARNING. Squashing or reverting commits and forced push thereafter may remove GitHub comments on code that were previously made by you and others in your commits.</em></p>

<h3 id="3-after-your-pr-is-merged">3. After your PR is merged</h3>

<p>After your pull request is merged, you can safely delete your branch and pull the changes from the main (upstream) repository:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Delete the remote branch on GitHub either through the GitHub web UI or your local shell as follows:</p>

<pre><code class="language-shell">git push origin --delete my-fix-branch
</code></pre></li>

<li><p>Check out the master branch:</p>

<pre><code class="language-shell">git checkout master -f
</code></pre></li>

<li><p>Delete the local branch:</p>

<pre><code class="language-shell">git branch -D my-fix-branch
</code></pre></li>

<li><p>Update your master with the latest upstream version:</p>

<pre><code class="language-shell">git pull --ff upstream master
</code></pre></li>
</ul>

<p><br></p>

<h4 id="happy-coding">Happy Coding :)</h4>


			<aside class="copyright" role="note">
				
				Documentation built with
				<a href="https://www.gohugo.io" target="_blank">Hugo</a>
				using the
				<a href="http://github.com/digitalcraftsman/hugo-material-docs" target="_blank">Material</a> theme.
			</aside>

			<footer class="footer">
				

<nav class="pagination" aria-label="Footer">
  <div class="previous">
  
      <a href="http://laradock.io/help/" title="Help &amp; Questions">
        <span class="direction">
          Previous
        </span>
        <div class="page">
          <div class="button button-previous" role="button" aria-label="Previous">
            <i class="icon icon-back"></i>
          </div>
          <div class="stretch">
            <div class="title">
              Help &amp; Questions
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </a>
  
  </div>

  <div class="next">
  
      <a href="http://laradock.io/license/" title="License">
        <span class="direction">
          Next
        </span>
        <div class="page">
          <div class="stretch">
            <div class="title">
              License
            </div>
          </div>
          <div class="button button-next" role="button" aria-label="Next">
            <i class="icon icon-forward"></i>
          </div>
        </div>
      </a>
  
  </div>
</nav>





			</footer>
		</div>
	</article>

	<div class="results" role="status" aria-live="polite">
		<div class="scrollable">
			<div class="wrapper">
				<div class="meta"></div>
				<div class="list"></div>
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>
</main>

    <script>
    
      var base_url = '';
      var repo_id  = '';
    
    </script>

    <script src="http://laradock.io/javascripts/application.js"></script>
    

    <script>
      /* Add headers to scrollspy */
      var headers   = document.getElementsByTagName("h2");
      var scrollspy = document.getElementById('scrollspy');

      if(scrollspy) {
        if(headers.length > 0) {
          for(var i = 0; i < headers.length; i++) {
            var li = document.createElement("li");
            li.setAttribute("class", "anchor");

            var a  = document.createElement("a");
            a.setAttribute("href", "#" + headers[i].id);
            a.setAttribute("title", headers[i].innerHTML);
            a.innerHTML = headers[i].innerHTML;

            li.appendChild(a)
            scrollspy.appendChild(li);
          }
        } else {
          scrollspy.parentElement.removeChild(scrollspy)
        }


        /* Add permanent link next to the headers */
        var headers = document.querySelectorAll("h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6");

        for(var i = 0; i < headers.length; i++) {
            var a = document.createElement("a");
            a.setAttribute("class", "headerlink");
            a.setAttribute("href", "#" + headers[i].id);
            a.setAttribute("title", "Permanent link")
            a.innerHTML = "#";
            headers[i].appendChild(a);
        }
      }
    </script>

    
      <script>
        (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){
          i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){(i[r].q=i[r].q||
          []).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
          m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;
          m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
        })(window, document,
          'script', '//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js', 'ga');
         
        ga('create', 'UA-37514928-9', 'auto');
        ga('set', 'anonymizeIp', true);
        ga('send', 'pageview');
         
        var buttons = document.querySelectorAll('a');
        Array.prototype.map.call(buttons, function(item) {
          if (item.host != document.location.host) {
            item.addEventListener('click', function() {
              var action = item.getAttribute('data-action') || 'follow';
              ga('send', 'event', 'outbound', action, item.href);
            });
          }
        });
         
        var query = document.querySelector('.query');
        query.addEventListener('blur', function() {
          if (this.value) {
            var path = document.location.pathname;
            ga('send', 'pageview', path + '?q=' + this.value);
          }
        });
      </script>
    

    <script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/9.8.0/highlight.min.js"></script>
    <script>hljs.initHighlightingOnLoad();</script>
  </body>
</html>

